Biographies:   Dr. W. W. ALLEN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Dr. W. W. Allen came to Eau Claire in the spring of 1857, and with George
W. Sanford opened the first shanty store in the village located on the banks
of the Chippewa.  Dr. Allen left Eau Claire with Captain Wheeler's company 
in the fall of 1863, and on the reorganization of the Second Wisconsin 
Regiment was appointed assistant surgeon.  He continued with the regiment
until mustered out at the close of the war and then settled at Mason City,
Iowa, where he died and was buried on June 20, 1878.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 319